New King James Version
Job 33:11
11He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.’
Job 33:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths.
- New International Version (NIV)He fastens my feet in shackles; he keeps close watch on all my paths.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)he puts my feet in the stocks and watches all my paths.'
- New Living Translation (NLT)He puts my feet in the stocks and watches my every move.’
Context of Job 33:11
9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me. 10Yet He finds occasions against me, He counts me as His enemy; He puts my feet in the stocks, He watches all my paths.’ 12“Look, in this you are not righteous. I will answer you, For God is greater than man. 13Why do you contend with Him? For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
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יָשֵׂ֣ם בַּסַּ֣ד רַגְלָ֑י יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר כָּל־אָרְחֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 33:11
- Job 13:27You put my feet in the stocks, And watch closely all my paths. You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
- Psalms 105:18They hurt his feet with fetters, He was laid in irons.
- Jeremiah 20:2Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.
- Acts 16:24Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
- Job 31:4Does He not see my ways, And count all my steps?
- Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, “What have You done?”
Commentaries on Job 33:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11He putteth my feet in the stocks - See the note on Job 13:27.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11He putteth my feet in the stocks - This also is language which Job had used; see Job 13:27. “He marketh all my paths;” in Job 13:27, “Thou lookest narrowly unto all my paths;” see the notes at that verse.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-13Verses 8-13 Elihu charges Job with reflecting upon the justice and goodness of God. When we hear any thing said to God's dishonour, we ought to bear our testimony against it. Job had represented God as severe in marking what he did amiss. Elihu urges that he had spoken wrong, and that he ought to humble himself before God, and by repentance to unsay it. God is not accountable to us. It is unreasonable for weak, sinful creatures, to strive with a God of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Job often complained about God's constant surveillance (7:20; 10:14; 13:27). He wanted relief from having every move examined (14:16; 29:2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. (Job 13:27). marketh--narrowly watches (Job 14:16; 7:12; 31:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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